Health Sciences for Pre-Professionals Minor

The Health Sciences for Pre-Professionals minor allows students, regardless of their major, to take the prerequisite courses they need to apply for the health professional schools of their choice. This flexible minor supports students who intend to apply to a post-baccalaureate professional school in a health field, such as medical school, dental school or nursing. 

Students can select between 15-29 credits worth of courses to count towards the Health Sciences Minor. You can find lists of recommended and required courses for each pre-professional track below. You do not need to include all those courses in your minor if they can count towards other requirements at UAF. A list of all courses currently approved for this minor is below as well. If you would like to add other courses, please be in touch with your pre-professional or UIS advisor. 

An must be sent to the UIS Department at uaf-interdisciplinary@alaska.edu. 

List of Pre-Approved Minor Courses
Course # Course Title Credits
BIOL F111X Human Anatomy and Physiology I

4
BIOL F112X

Human Anatomy and Physiology II

4

BIOL F115X

 Fundamentals of Biology I

4

BIOL F116X

 Fundamentals of Biology II

4

BIOL F120

 Introduction to Human Nutrition

4

BIOL F240

Beginnings in Microbiology

4

BIOL F260

Principles of Genetics

4

BIOL F310

 Animal Physiology

4

BIOL F342

Microbiology

4

BIOL F360

 Cell and Molecular Biology 3

CHEM F103X

 Introduction to General Chemistry

4

CHEM F104X

 Introduction to Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry

4

CHEM F105X

General Chemistry l

4

CHEM F106X

General Chemistry II

4

CHEM F321

Organic Chemistry |

4

CHEM F325

Organic Chemistry II

4

CHEM F449

General Biochemisty: Metobolism

 3

PHYS F123X

 College Physics I

4

PHYS F124X

 College Physics II

4

PHYS F211

General Physics I

4

PHYS F212

General Physics II

4

MATH F251X

Calculus I

4

MATH F230X

 Essential Calculus with Applications 3

STAT F200X

 Elementary Statistics 3

STAT F300

Statistics

 3

ECON F*

Economics course

 3

PSY F101X

 Introduction to Psychology 3

PSY F240

Psychology of Development

 3

PSY F345

Abnormal Psychology

 3

PSY F*

 Psychology course 3

ANTH/SOC F*

 Social Science Elective course 3

HLTH F100

 Medical Terminology 3

HLTH F203

 Science of Nutrition 3

PHIL F102X

 Introduction to Philosophy 3

PHIL F104X

Logic and Reasoning

 3

PHIL F322, NRM 

F303, JUST F300,

COJO F300, BA F323

Courses that meet the Ethics Requirement

 3

 

 

Tracks

Below are the lists of required and recommended prerequisites for admission into the respective post-baccalaureate professional schools. Note that not all prerequisite courses need to be in the Health Sciences Minor.

Track Required Courses Recommended Courses

Pre-Dental

BIOL F115X; BIOL F116X; CHEM F105X; CHEM

F106X; CHEM F321; CHEM F325; PHYS F123X

or PHYS F211X); PHYS F124X (or PHYS F212X)

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL

F310; CHEM F449; MATH F251X

(or MATH F230X); STAT F200X

(or STAT F300)

Pre-Medical

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL F115X; BIOL

F116X; CHEM F105X; CHEM F106X; CHEM F321; 

CHEM F325; CHEM F449; PHYS F123X (or PHYS 

F211X); PHYS F124X (or PHYS F212X)

MATH F251X (or MATH F230X);

STAT F200X (or STAT F300); PSY

F101X; PSY F240

Pre-Nursing

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL F240X; CHEM

F103X; CHEM F105X; HLTH F203 (or BIOL

F120X); PSY F101X; PSY F240X; STAT F200X (or

STAT F300)

  

Pre-Occupational Therapy

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL F240X; ECON F *; 

HLTH F100; PSY F240; PSY F345; SOC/ANTH

F *; STAT F200X (or STAT F300)

PHYS F123X(or PHYS F211X)

Pre-Pharmacy

BIOL F115X; BIOL F116X; CHEM F105X; CHEM

F106X; MATH F251X (or MATH F230X); STAT

F200X (or STAT F300)

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL

F342; PHYS F123X (or PHYS

F211X): PHYS F124X (or PHYS

F212X); ECON F*

Pre-Physical Therapy

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL F115X; BIOL

F116X; CHEM F105X; CHEM F106X; PHYS F123X

(or PHYS F211X); PHYS F124X (or PHYS F212X);

STAT F200X (or STAT F300); PSY F*

 

Pre-Physician Assistant

BIOL F111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL F115X; BIOL

 F116X; BIOL F342; CHEM F105X; STAT F200X

(or STAT F300)

BIOL F260; CHEM F449;

PSY/ANTH/SOC F*

Pre-Veterinary

BIOL F115X; BIOL F116X; BIOL F260; CHEM

F105X; CHEM F106X; CHEM F321; CHEM F325; 

CHEM F449; PHYS F123X (or PHYS F211X);

PHYS F124X (or PHYS F212X); MATH F251X (or

MATH F230X); STAT F200X (or STAT F300)

BIOL F 111X; BIOL F112X; BIOL

F310; BIOL F342;

PSY/ANTH/SOC F*

Other Health Science

See your Pre-Professional Advisor to make an

appropriate course list